Acta Joannis, Acta Joannis, ed. Maximilian Bonnet, 69

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69 χρὴ δὲ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων τὸν πιστὸν ἄνθρωπον τὴν ἔξοδον προορᾶν, καὶ καταμανθάνειν ταύτην ὁποία ¹
τις ἐπιστή| σεται, ἆρα διεργὴς καὶ νηφαλέα καὶ μηδὲν ἐμπόδιον ἔχουσα, ἢ τεθορυβημένη καὶ τὰ ὧδε κολακεύουσα καὶ καταδεδεμένη ἐπιθυμίαις. οὕτως ἔστιν ἐπαινεῖσθαι καὶ σῶμα εὔμορφον ὁπόταν ὅλον ἀποδύσηται, καὶ στρατηγὸν μέγαν ὁπόταν τὸ τοῦ πολέμου ἐπάγγελμα πᾶν κατορθ ώσῃ, καὶ ἰατρὸν
ἄριστον ἐκεῖνον τὸν διὰ πάσης ἰάσεως χωροῦντα, καὶ ψυχὴν πίστεως καὶ θεοῦ δεξιὰν ὁπόταν ἴσον τὸ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας καταστήσῃ οὐχὶ τὴν ἀρξαμένην καὶ ὑπολυθεῖσαν εἰς τὰ τοῦ βίου πάντα καὶ ἐκπεσοῦσαν, οὐδὲ τὴν ναρκῶσαν, βιαζομένην πρὸς τοῖς κρείττοσιν εἶναι, εἶτα δὲ κατενεχθεῖσαν εἰς τὰ πρόσκαιρα,
οὐδὲ τὴν ποθήσασαν μᾶλλον τὰ χρόνια τῶν αἰωνίων, οὐδὲ τὴν καταλλασσομένην τὰ μὴ μένοντα, οὐδὲ τὴν τιμήσασαν τὰ ἀτιμίας ἔργα ὕβρεως ἄξια, οὐδὲ τὴν ἐνέχυρα παρὰ τοῦ Σατανᾶ λαμβάνουσαν, οὐδὲ τὴν ὑποδεξαμένην τῷ ἑαυτῆς ² οἴκῳ τὸν ὄφιν, οὐδὲ τὴν ὀνειδιζομένην διὰ θεόν, εἶτα μὴ αἰσχυνομένην· οὐδὲ τὴν στόματι μὲν λέγουσαν ναί, ἔργῳ δὲ ἑαυτῇ οὐ δεικνύουσα· ἀλλὰ τὴν ὑπομείνασαν ὑπὸ ἡδονῆς ῥυπαρᾶς μὴ ἐκλυθῆναι, ὑπὸ ῥᾳθυμίας μὴ ἡττηθῆναι, ὑπὸ φιλαργυρίας μηδὲ δελεασθῆναι, ὑπὸ ἀκμῆς σώματος καὶ ὀργῆς
μὴ προδοθῆναι.

Acta Joannis. Acta Joannis. ed. Maximilian Bonnet. United States. 2018.

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Acta Joannis (Greek) (Acta Joannis. Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha, Part 2, Vol. 1. Bonnet, Maximilian, editor. Leipzig: H. Mendelssohn, 1898.)

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Acts of John First1KGreek (Acts of John. The Apocryphal New Testament, being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses. James, Montague Rhodes, translator. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 69 focus

[69] But before all things it is needful that the believer should look before at his ending and understand it in what manner it will come upon him, whether it will be vigorous and sober and without any obstacle, or disturbed and clinging to the things that are here, and bound down by desires. So is it right that a body should be praised as comely when it is wholly stripped, and a general as great when he hath accomplished every promise of the war, and a physician as excellent when he hath succeeded in every cure, and a soul as full of faith and worthy (or receptive) of God when it hath paid its promise in full: not that soul which began well and was dissolved into all the things of this life and fell away, nor that which is numb, having made an effort to attain to better things, and then is borne down to temporal things, nor that which hath longed after the things of time more than those of eternity, nor that which exchangeth ⟨enduring things for› those that endure not, nor that which hath honoured the works of dishonour that deserve shame, nor that which taketh pledges of Satan, nor that which hath received the serpent into its own house, nor that which suffereth reproach for God’s sake and then is [not] ashamed, nor that which with the mouth saith yea, but indeed approveth not itself: but that which hath prevailed not to be made weak by foul pleasure, not to be overcome by light-mindedness, not to be caught by the bait of love of money, not to be betrayed by vigour of body or wrath.

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Acta Joannis

1. 230 Z

2. 1 φόνος R ‖ πλοῦτος om R𝔘: del? (cf 183, 27) πάθος V sener ἀμέλ. om et add dissimulatio 𝔘 ‖ ὕβρεις M ‖ ἔρις R (uerum?) tristiti add 𝔘 ‖ βόλος] serui 𝔘 δοῦλοι V sener χρήμ. om (?) et add possessio et patrimonium 𝔘 ‖ 2 ὅσα R ‖ ἐν τῷ β. om R ‖ 3—7 ὡς καὶ ἐκ. om R ‖ 3 del ἐναντιοῦται? ‖ 4 del καὶ χ. μ.?? ‖ παρὰ μ. num sana? ‖ τὰς ⟨ἄλλας⟩? ‖ τὸ] scr τὲ?? ‖ παῤ ἐκ. corrupta? ‖ χρεία R fort uerum: cf 191, 22 ‖ scr τοῦ πιστοῦ ἀνθρώπου? cf 183, 23 ‖ 9 ἔξ.] καὶ add R ‖ ὁπ.] ἥ R ‖ 10 ἐπιστ. om R ‖ ἆρα δ.] ραδιουρ- γὴς R utrumnam uigilantem 𝔘 ἆῤ ἐνεργής V sener: scr ἆρα διεγρὴς???? (cf ἐγρήσσω) ‖ 11 ἔχουσαν R ‖ ἥτε θορυβουμένη R ‖ καὶ alt om R ‖ 12 οὕτως] αὐτὸν R ‖ ἐπαινέσαι R ‖ 14 κατ. ἅπαν R ‖ 14—17 καὶ ἰ. - κατ. om R ‖ 15—17 ita nemo potest laudare uitam nisi eius qui plenam fidei animam et templo dei dignam carnem praestiterit suam 𝔘 ‖ 16 δεξ.] ἀξίαν Zahn δεκτικὴν exspectabat V sener τὸ ἴσον suspicatur Zahn ‖ scr τῷ τ. ἐπ.?? τὸ ⟨κατόρθωμα⟩ τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ?? ‖ 17—18 ὑπολισθοῦσαν εἰς τὰς τ. β. ἀπάτας uel πάγας V sener ‖ 13 ἄπαντα R: cf 181, 3 ‖ 18—19 οὐδὲ - πρόσκ. om R ‖ 18 μαργῶσαν [βιαζομένην] V sener ‖ 20 τὰ χρ. μ. R ‖ 21 οὐδὲ - μέν. om R ‖ 21-185,6 paulo pleniora habet 𝔘 ‖ 21 ⟨τὰ μένοντα πρὸς⟩ τὰ μὴ μέ- νοντα? ita fere 𝔘 ‖ 21—22 neque honorauerit quae honorificanda non sunt neque amauerit plena opera contumeliis 𝔘 ‖ 22 ἀτ. om R ‖ ἔ. ὕβ. om M: uerba trunca post ἄξια ponenda cf 𝔘 ‖ ἐνέχειρα R ‖ 23—185,1 οὐδὲ - ὄφιν om R

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